Renee Beaver

Given how well you cook, your family is definitely spoiled ❤️

That last shot is a banger. One of the best in horror. Just unhinged chainsaw dancing in the sunlight.

Artists Hand screen printed punk / pop mashup shirts, indie music inspired art, and custom design and printing by a one woman printshop.

A cool artist in Pittsburgh makes shirts with Truisms on them. I have “ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE” — that shirt has been getting a workout lately. She also recently made a set of shirts on women artists. Check her out! breadandwaterprintshop.com/collections/...

Loved the mixed method of storytelling (memoir and screenplay). And the ending? Chef’s kiss! So satisfying.

True! (And thank you) ❤️

A cross stitch embroidery of thistles in the foreground and a landscape of a valley with a lake and mountains and a sunset in the background.

Finished this #crosstitch #embroidery yesterday. Took me about 7 months. 62,500 stitches. 94 colors.

Now I am have that happy/sad feeling that comes upon the completion of a long project or book….

It’s great. Especially the “WTF did I just watch?!?!” last 20 minutes. I love it when a movie surprises, freaks me out, and confuses me all at the same time!

6 years sober! So grateful I found the strength to quit — though it wasn’t until I left Big Law (that environment is not conducive to self-care).

Toothpicks are great, but flavor is further enhanced by spearing the food on tiny plastic swords!

A white miniature poodle wearing a black bandana with rainbow hearts and the word “love”

This is just like cut to DC’s budget in the CR — “don’t worry DC, we’ll fix it so you can spend the $1 billion you already collected.”

A white mini poodle wearing a black bandana with rainbow hearts and the word “love”

Pride puppies are legion!

That album slaps. Sooo goood. Now that you mentioned it I’m gonna put it on!

I go out of my way to avoid this intersection — even driving into VA and then back into DC. It is the WORST.

And poor tourists following a GPS get frozen in fear when they reach this intersection and just sit and sit and sit. And then the honking starts….

A white miniature poodle wearing a black bandage with rainbow hearts and the word “love” in multiple colors.

As DC starts to shut down roads for this weekend’s ridiculous military display, I’m reminding myself it’s still June. Happy Pride!

a man smoking a cigarette next to a police officer with a patch that says e on it Alt: A clip from The Wire. A drug dealer taunts a security guard saying “you want I to be one way, but it’s the other way”

On today’s episode of What Next
@jamellebouie.net nails what’s wrong with the majority of Dems right now with a killer reference to “The Wire.”

To meet the moment Dems need to come to terms with the fact that, while they want things one way, they are — in fact — the other way.

Well I can’t help you out with that one. ;)

I’ll take whatever good news I can get (even if it’s rather weak sauce) 🫠

Totally. Chumbawamba is an amazing band — see (among many bangers) “Torturing James Hetfield.”

Trump to the media (or Congress…or MAGA):

Sooo lame. No one who has done or said anything useful in the past 100 days (or likely before). But I bet a few plan to show they are “edgy” and “with it” by swearing during their speech.

My pleasure — enjoy!

Jake Zavracky/The Dream Eaters (@thedreameaters.bsky.social) Read the stupid thoughts of one half of the Brooklyn duo the Dream Eaters. thedreameaters.com

@thedreameaters.bsky.social are my current favorite band! Other bangers include “SPANK BANK” (a rather sweet song, really), “I Am Bleeding Internally”, and “3D Printer”. Their vibe is upbeat but still feels true to the moment. I hope they come to DC sometime so I can fangirl IRL.

This guide has great advice — if you’ve had a prior experience cooking beans that put you off the whole endeavor (i.e. cooking taking forever or the beans tasting old), this guide will set you up for success if you want to try again.

This reminds me of a conversation with my Dad last night (a boomer blue-team Dem). He said he was “all for” increasing efficiency, he just didn’t like DOGE. I asked him to reconsider his (baseless) assumption that there is widespread redundancy in the government that could be easily cut.

I feel like you could say that for just about any bean…well, maybe Christmas Limas break even on their before/after appearance.

Primary them all.

Picture of the marquee for the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. The sign says “Live Nation Presents PULP Saturday, September 8”

Just bought tickets to see PULP in September at The Anthem here in DC — which will be two days shy of the year anniversary of the last time I saw them (in Chicago).

The Chicago show was AMAZING.

Counting the days until I can see them again!

My pillowcases always got weird bleached spots from the peroxide in the pimple paste…